Gnaphalium macounii Greene

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Asteraceae

• Scientific Name

  Gnaphalium macounii Greene

• Description

  Species Description - Similar to no. 5 [Gnaphalium obtusifolium L.]; stem ± glandular-hairy, becoming woolly in the infl, rarely somewhat woolly to near the base, as well as glandular; lvs distinctly decurrent at base, the upper surface ± glandular-hairy, the lower woolly or sometimes glandular-hairy; fls mostly 60–120, 6–20 of them perfect; 2n=28. Open places; Que. to B.C., s. to W.Va., Tenn., and Mex. July– Sept. (G. viscosum, misapplied)

• Common Names

  clammy cudweed